How to Make a Short for Under $50K-and Launch Your Filmmaking Career

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Where does a young filmmaker begin? With the right short-film concept and this book!

The right short can be a filmmaker’s “business card” in Hollywood. Here’s the authoritative handbook by one of Hollywood’s most connected insiders that offers a step-by-step guide through the entire creative process of shooting a short film, as well as expert advice from established filmmakers, and a final game plan for promoting and selling the film once it’s in the can.Topics covered include:

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Short Films 101Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Getting Started: Why Make a Short Film?Episode 1 · What Is a Short Film? · What Makes a Great Short Film? · Making a Short Film · The Calling Card · Getting Started · The Case for (and Against) Film School · The Purpose of This Book

3. Budget: How to Spend the MoneyDiscount Filmmaking · From Zero to Fifty Grand · The Beg and Barter System · Choose Where to Spend Your Money · Choose Where Not to Spend Your Money · Don’t Forget Post-Production · Show Me the Money · Short Budgets Revealed

5. Crew: The Pople Who Will Help You Achieve Your VisionShoot to Kill · The Power of One · Friends · Looking Beyond the Director’s Chair · Ten Things I Love About Crew · Master and Commander · Best Crew Money Can Buy · Party of Two, Table for One · Creative Crewing

6. Cast: Finding Actors to Bring Your Script to LifeBefore They Were Stars · Cast Me If You Can · The Star · Star Search · Working with SAG Actors · Will Act for Food · Rehearsal of Fortune · Understudy · A Star Is Born · How to Win an Actor in Ten Days

7. Action: The Set Comes to Life Once the Camera RollsShoot for the Moon · Scheduling for Dollars · Bargaining for Locations · Anatomy of a Scene · Attention to Detail · Setting Up a Shooting Schedule · The Long and the Short of It